Relax.. its only preseason

[finjim]

people are overreacting to tonights game. Tonights game is a throw away. A waste of time.

Want to panic, over the first 4 preseason games........OK. See your point. But over tonights? NO

this is the first post from Mike O I've agreed with ! :eek:

 

[finjim]

I can't wait for the BIlls fans to start booing Losman.

it WILL happen.

 

[DuderinoN703]

I think it's incredible that so many of you are still so optimistic. Why? It's easy to say that the preseason is meaningless when your starters on both sides of the ball are clearly playing terrible football.

I know it's no fun to watch your favorite team stink it up, but why deny the fact that this football team just won't be a good one this year? It's not hard to see that the fins are in a rebuilding mode.

Lying to yourselves isn't going to make the fins better.

And again here we go. Buffalo hasn't won a Super Bowl EVER, yet you aren't sitting here being boohoo on them, you're claiming Losman to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Hey if you like the 49ers or the Pats or a team that has won a SB in the past, I can see your arguement. But Buffalo hasn't even won a Super Bowl, so how the hell can you even talk?

 

[adamprez2003]

Lets try to make this whole preseason debate really simple to understand...

#1 The final score doesnt matter
#2 Players stats doesnt matter
#3 Win Loss records doesnt matter
#4 Game plans doesnt matter
#5 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters... doesnt matter

What does matter is how the 1st team looks during the execution of the called plays..

#1 Can the 1st team offensive line open holes for what ever running back is in the play
#2 Can the 1st team offensive line pass block long enough for the play to develop
#3 Can the 1st and 2nd string running back find the open holes
#4 Can the receivers create separation
#5 Can the QB find the open receiver
#6 Can the 1st string offense move the ball and can they control the tempo of the game
#7 Can the 1st string defensive line plug the holes
#8 Are the starting linebackers in the proper position
#9 Are the starting DB's and Safetys where they are supposed to be

All my football watching life, I knew that the 1st half of the 1st quarter is the only meaningful part of the game.. 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters are soley for the purpose of evaluating depth of the back-up players and for allowing back-up players addition experience in the NFL

With all that said, the 1st team offense was almost in full force at the start of the game, Ronnie Brown started instead of Ricky and they went 3 and out in the 1st two series.. Some of this could be blamed on play calling.. but... the my major concern is the lack of execution.. In the 6 offensive plays, there was a -1 yard run, a stupid false start hurting 3rd down distance and 1 QB sack..

The 1st team defense was not up to full strength.. Zach was not in the line up, the d-line didnt block the holes and FS Jones looked lost out there..

The next concern is after Atlanta substituded 2nd string D-line players, our 1st O-line was still in the game and couldnt accomplish anything worth writing home about..

The individual play of Gus and Feeley means nothing when evaluating the overall strength of the offensive team.. It only goes to prove we need a good caliber starting QB.. However, by the QB being forced to dump the ball off (numerous times thru out the preseason) to the outlets for 5 yard only shows that Chamber and Booker cant get seperation..

Sage, Thompson, Ronnie Browns field goal and Holmes 35 yard catch and fumble was stricly for entertainment and should not be used to evaluate the strength of the starting team...

The bottom line is last week I felt good about the team, I saw hope and promise.. this week I saw a disaster and fear the upcoming season...

wow. you should start ten threads with that post. great job showing perspective and i share your outlook. looking ahead to denver its tough to see a way we could win and that would be even if we had peyton manning.

 

[Canadianfishfan]

This was an evaluation game. Not for starters... but guys on the bubble. AJ has had alot of snaps the past few weeks. He may have just threw himself out of camp..

Theres no gameplanning..theres little momentum from 1st stringers. Theres no showing your poker hand.

i think you can take from this game the guys who were battling, which will stick and which wont